Kanake

Kanake (or Kanaker) is a derogatory word used in German-speaking countries for immigrants from southern countries. Originally common as "Kanakermann" among 19th century mariners to refer to comrades from the South Pacific (and later all of Southeast Asia), and carrying a connotation of praise for their seafaring abilities, it was in the 1960s transferred with more ambiguous connotations to Southern European immigrants, and is now usually used with an exclusively derogatory connotation against immigrants of Turkish descent, and African or dark-skinned people who reside in the country.